Latch



(No Model.)

G. J. CLINE.

LATCH, No. 321,279. 4PateunbedJune 30,i 1885..

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LATCH.

SPECIEICITIDI forming part of Letters Patent No. 321,279l dated June 30, 1885.

Application tiled Marcil 14, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE J. CLINE, a citizen of the United. States, resident at Goshen, in the county of Elkhart and State of Indiana, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvementsin Latchcs; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, snchas will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or Iigures of reference marked thereon, which forni a part of this specification.

Figure l of the drawings is a front View, partly in section, of the latch embodying my invention. Fin'. taken on the line x x, Fig. I. Fig. Sis a vertical section taken on the line g/ y, Fig. l.

This invention has relation to latches; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of devices, all as hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings,the letter A designates a door or gate, and B a latch pivoted thereto on the inside at C, and having an extension, D, in rear of the pivot, which is provided with a bearing, E, on the side next the door, and accessible through an opening, F, in said door.

G is the guard-bracket, which is secured to the door near the front or, catch end of the latch, and serves to limit the movements of the latter. Wvithin the upper portion of this guard is a locking tongue, H, having a pivot, I, which is made with a key-seat at its outer end for the application of a key. Then the locking-tongue is turned down, the latch canis a vertical section thereof not be raised, and is therefore secured in its engagement with the keeper K.

0n the outside ofthe door is the handle N, which is pivoted in horizontal'bearings J, and is designed to hang against the door when not in use. When it is designed to raise thelatch and open the door, the handle is raised to a horizontal position, and by means of a stud, V, on the central portion of its pivot-barZ engagement is effected with the rear extension ofthe latch, depressing the same and raising the front or catch portion of said latch out of the keeper.

If the latch is locked the raising of the handle Will not suiiice to disengage the latch, and the latter therefore must be tiret released by applying a key to the locking-tongue and turning the saine up out of the way. The locking-tongue should be provided with a small friction-spring, a', to cause it te retain its position when raised.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

The coinbina ion, with a latch having a rear extension and a pendent pivoted handle provided with a stud to act on the rear extension, of the front guard limiting the play of the latch, and the pivoted locking-tongue in said guard having a key-seat at the outer end of its pivot, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE J. CLINE. Witnesses:

Louis G. DEAN, F. BAKER. 

